cat's-paw-theory

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-941 Nonna Y. Sorokina v. The College of New Jersey Third Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending actual-knowledge cat's-paw-theory employment-law pregnancy-discrimination prima-facie-case staub-standard Dr. Sorokina appeals to this Court the order of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit solely with respect to her pregnancy discrimination claim…
22-972 Jacqueline A. Watkins v. City of Chicago, Illinois Seventh Circuit 2023-04-07 Denied Response Waived adverse-employment-action cat's-paw cat's-paw-theory causation-standard civil-rights-act-of-1964 employment employment-discrimination mixed-motive racial-discrimination sex-discrimination title-vii Whether an employer can be liable for racial and sex discrimination under Title VII based on a supervisor's alleged bias
22-104 Martin Rugamba v. CRST Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-02 Denied cat's-paw-theory civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-reporting free-speech monell-liability municipal-custom municipal-liability police-retaliation retaliation standing Whether police retaliation against an individual who reports misconduct constitutes a Monell custom or practice
18-6501 Carl A. Robertson v. Interactive College of Technology, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP cat's-paw-theory civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination evidentiary-rules mcdonnell-douglas-framework pretext pro-se pro-se-litigant scheduling-order standing summary-judgment title-vii Should a pro se litigant's First Proposed Heightened Amended Complaint be unfairly denied by courts based on not following Scheduling Order, undue del…